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output file

output file

1 3.0
A computer file that stores data produced by a program
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : archivo de salida
  • After the conversion, you will need to save the output file.
  • output file for disbursement
  • payroll output file
  • output file into a spreadsheet

Examples

  • The new database administrator placed a password on the payroll disbursement output file.

    Academic text (2003)

  • If a payroll question arises, you can download the payroll disbursement output file into a spreadsheet for analysis.

    Academic text (2003)

  • Subsequently, you will create output files for specific uses.

    Academic text (2009)

  • Twenty-three of the 28 subjects dropped had no output file because of software problems.

    Academic text (2003)

  • We can of course also look at the output file and see numerically the data that was calculated using ADINA.

  • The overall compression ratios are shown in brackets under the output file sizes in bytes.

    Academic text (1998)

  • Cufflinks output files had transcripts identified by UniProt accessions.

    Blog text (18)

  • The payroll program prints checks and generates a payroll disbursement output file listing all disbursements.

    Academic text (2003)

  • To conduct your payroll audit, Payroll Manager Pat Peterson downloaded the payroll disbursement output file into a spreadsheet.

    Academic text (2003)

  • After the conversion, you will need to save the output file.

Synonyms

computer file
vsoutput file
13 2.2

A collection of information saved on a computer under a name

is generated by a device or program rather than any stored collection
data file
vsoutput file
7 3.4

A file that a program uses to keep related information

is created by a process or program as the produced result

Surface Forms

output file singular
output files plural

Morphology

output + file

The meaning is directly compositional: a file that contains output/data produced by a program or device. As a straightforward noun+noun compound following common English compounding patterns (and mirrored in many other languages), a B1 learner who knows 'output' and 'file' can readily infer this meaning.

Etymology

The phrase output file comes from the simple image of a machine or program putting its results into a folder. Here output is the 'result' and file is like a paper folder that keeps documents. So an output file is a computer file that holds the results of a task.